McQ's Favorite Albums Of 2002

Highest Recommends

None.

Strong Recommends

1. Yankee Foxtrot Hotel - Wilco
2. A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
3. Neon Golden - The Notwist
4. Original Pirate Material - The Streets

Solid Recommends

5. Kill The Moonlight - Spoon
6. Sea Change - Beck
7. Songs For The Deaf - Queens Of The Stone Age
8. You Forget It In People - Broken Social Scene
9. Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol
10. One Beat - Sleater-Kinney
11. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
12. The Rising - Bruce Springsteen
13. Come Away With Me - Norah Jones

Mild Recommends

14. Highly Evolved - The Vines

2002 Albums Of Critical Note I've Yet To Hear

Alice - Tom Waits
American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 - 2 Many DJs
Blacklisted - Neko Case
Blazing Arrow - Blackalicious
Blood Money - Tom Waits
By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Don't Give Up On Me - Solomon Burke
Fantastic Damage - El-P
Finally We Are No One - Mum
Food For Thought - The Books
Geogaddi - Boards Of Canada
Is A Woman - Lambchop
Jerusalem - Steve Earle
Justified - Justin Timberlake
Lifted or the Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground - Bright Eyes
Lord Willin' - Clipse
McLusky - McLusky Do Dallas
Metro Area
Moffou - Salif Keita
Murray Street - Sonic Youth
My Way - Akufen
O - Damien Rice
Out of Season - Beth Gibbons & Rustin' Man
Phrenology - The Roots
Source Tags & Codes - And You Will Know Us By The Trial Of Dead
Specialist In All Styles - Baobab
The Coral
The Creek Drank The Cradle - Iron And Wine
The Disintegration Loops - William Basinski
The Eminem Show - Eminem
The Execution Of All Things - Rilo Kiley
The Last Broadcast - Doves
The Private Press - DJ Shadow
Tocotronic
Under Construction - Missy Misdemeanor Elliot
Up The Bracket - The Libertines
() - Sigur Ros